Obituaries

Jan 30, 2010

Jan 28, 2010

George Mason, age 75, of Abingdon, MD died on January 28, 2010 at the Baltimore VA Medical Center. Born in Kearny, NJ, he was the son of the late Robert and Lillian Wild Mason. A veteran, he served our country in the U.S. Air Force. He was an airplane mechanic for the U.S. Government, and loved to work with his...

Jan 28, 2010

William Michael Bates, age 53, of Fallston, MD died on January 28, 2010 at his home. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Rosalie Gloria Bates of Cockeysville, MD and the late William Hellier Kelley. A published author, his works included Images of America: Bel Air, Harford County in Vintage Postcards, Harford County Then & Now, Images of...

Jan 27, 2010

Juanita Knight Dunn, age 81, of Aberdeen, MD, died on January 27, 2010 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Churchville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Ethel Knight Walter and wife of the late Hilton L. Dunn. She was a proud recipient of many awards for her volunteer work including, VFW,...

Jan 27, 2010

Services will be rescheduled at a later date.John William Carroll Sr., age 86, of White Marsh, MD, died on January 27, 2010 at Franklin Square Hospital. Born in White Marsh, MD he was the son of the late William Edward and Lula May Alder Carroll and husband, of 41 years, to the late Edith Blye Wiles Carroll. A veteran, he...

Jan 26, 2010

John J. Collins Jr., age 73, of Churchville, MD, died on January 26, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Washington, DC, he was the son of Inez Laberta Perry Harris of Edgewood, MD, and the late John Jerome Collins. A veteran of the U.S. Marines, he retired from Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant where...

Jan 26, 2010

Ann Russo, age 74, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 26, 2010 at her home. Born in Oil City, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles Albert Hunt Sr. and Hazel Mabel Myers Hunt. She graduated with Magna Cum Laude Honors from Waynesburg College, where she had also been voted May Queen, and from there, went on...

Jan 26, 2010

Helen G. Brown, a devout Mormon and devoted mother, died January 25 in Willow Street, PA after a bout with cancer. She was 92.Born Helen Mildred Gengler on August 6, 1917 in Egg Harbor, NJ, she excelled at school while working diligently on her parents' farm. While attending school in nearby Mays Landing, she won the regional spelling bee and...

Jan 26, 2010

Pamela A. Britti, age 58, of White Marsh, MD, died on January 26, 2010 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Edward Britti and Dorothy Kortash. She worked in retail sales and loved making crafts, going to flea markets, Christmas holidays, and baking. Ms. Britti is survived by her daughter, Margeaux Britti...

Jan 25, 2010

Irelene Woods, age 84, of Joppa, MD, died on January 25, 2010 at Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Amonate, VA, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Ray and Daisy Dean Beavers Young. She was a member of Crosspoint, formerly Missionary Alliance, where she did volunteer work. A graduate of Big Creek High...

Jan 25, 2010

Patricia Keithley, age 64, of Churchville, MD, died on January 25, 2010 at her home, where she went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who she firmly believed in. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the loving wife of Roland W. Keithley and daughter of Margaret Virginia Myers Holcomb of Bel Air, MD and the late William...

Jan 25, 2010

Jan 24, 2010

On Sunday, January 24, 2010, Mary Jane Davis of Rehoboth Beach, DE; beloved wife of the late Calvin Crawford Davis (Lt Col USAF retired); devoted mother of John F. Davis of Havre de Grace, MD, Linda Chamberlain of Alma, CO, and Reid S. Davis (Capt USN retired) of Manassas, VA. Also survived by two grandchildren, Cheryl D. Seitz and John...

Jan 24, 2010

Gertrude Florence Dean Thompson, age 89, of Abingdon, MD, died on January 24, 2010 at Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation in Bel Air, MD. Born in Monrovia, Liberia, she was the daughter of the late David Francis Magnuss Dean and Grace Scotland Horace, and wife of the late David Y. Thompson. She had worked as a beautician and a teacher....

Jan 23, 2010

Howard U. Merkl, age 82, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 23, 2010 at his home. Born in Cincinnati, OH, he was the son of the late Peter John and Clotilda Meyer Merkl, and husband of the late Michaela Tichy Merkl. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he had worked for the Bel Air Post Office for 20 years....

Jan 23, 2010

John "Jack" F. Fleckenstein, age 71, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 23, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late John Joseph and Agnes Margaret Wanger Fleckenstein. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he had worked as a draftsman for Bethlehem Steel, retiring after 27...

Jan 22, 2010

Robert Howard Clark, age 63, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 22, 2010 at Gilchrist Hospice Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Robert Howard and Evelyn Shirley Clark. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he worked for FILA Corporation as a manger of engineering and maintenance. He was a member of...

Jan 21, 2010

Patricia D. Turner, age 53, of Bel Air, MD, died on January 21, 2010 at her home. Born in Milwaukee, WI, she was the daughter of the late Harold Raymond and Lois Mae Stevens Miller. She worked for Redners in Forest Hill where she was a clerk. A devoted mother and an avid reader, she enjoyed palm trees and spending...

Jan 21, 2010

Robert Lee Sunderland Jr., age 75, of Joppa, MD died on January 21, 2010 at University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Robert Lee Sunderland Sr. and Loretta Eva Eckert Sunderland. He attended Old Post Road School and later graduated from Bel Air High School at the age of 17,...

Jan 20, 2010

Kenneth "Kenny" Michael Quinn, age 48, of Baltimore, MD, died on January 20, 2010 at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Thelma Nancy Bonds Quinn of Rising Sun, MD and the late Roland Richard Quinn Sr. He worked as a customer service representative and loved music, as well as, spoiling his animals....